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BlackBerry PlayBook review: The perfect tablet for two kinds of people The BlackBerry PlayBook may be outgunned when it comes to competing with the iPad for general consumers, but there are still two types of users who will love this scrappy little 7-inch tablet. Read more BlackBerry PlayBook: Unboxing and comparison photos Resource of the day Improving Airflow in a Raised-Floor Data Center Perforated tiles on a raised floor deliver unpredictable airflow levels, causing inefficiency and equipment failure. This paper discusses data center design on perforated tile airflow and how to improve airflow predictably. More from TechRepublic   Homomorphic encryption: Can it save cloud computing? An idea of how to prevent what happened to Sony of late was introduced in 1978. It took thirty years, but homomorphic encryption is no longer a theory. Read more Poll Results: Is there a market for Windows 8 or is Microsoft playing with fire? 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Read more iPhone 3GS beats Android phone sales in April $49 iPhone 3GS proves to be too good a deal for customers to pass up, leaving newer handsets like the HTC Inspire and Motorola Atrix in its Apple dust. Read more Google's flagship Nexus 4G now available via Sprint Available now via Sprint, the Nexus S 4G runs for $199 with a two-year contract and for $549 without one. Read more HP unveils budget-friendly consumer laptops, refreshed Mini 210 netbook Hewlett-Packard has spent most of the year so far revamping its business laptops, desktops and workstations. Now, the consumer-grade notebooks are getting the same treatment. Read more New Microsoft ad: Older Windows PCs are no longer good enough Microsoft is launching a new phase of its "I'm a PC" campaign on prime-time TV in the U.S. tonight. Here's the spot. 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